Bøger af Christoph H. Loch

This book showcases examples of excellent manufacturing companies who have succeeded in creating value and job growth in Western Europe. It shows how a clearly articulated strategic position can be combined with excellent execution to achieve competitiveness.

Project Selection Under Uncertainty is the result of a five-year research program on the selection of projects in New Product Development (NPD). This book takes a step in developing a theory that addresses the need for quantitative prioritization criteria within the broader strategic context of the R&D portfolios.

What does "excellent manufacturing management" mean? And secondly, pay attention to the dimension of management quality, direction setting, integration and delegation, communication, participation, measurement, and employee development.

This book stems from a long observed gap in operations management on our understanding of human behaviour and the emergence of a set of methods that promise the potential of being able to address such behavioural issues.

Managing new product development is a key area of management, straddling strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship and macro-organizational behaviour. This work surveys this area in the context of an overall framework that explains how aspects interact and combine in a successful NPD process. Each chapter outlines open questions.

Managing the Unknown offers a new way of looking at the problem of managing projects in novel and unknown environments.